Andre Radmall special guest speaker: coaching and training for transformation and adoptee. Andre shared at our meeting about the challenging background to his own adoption. He told of his ‘older almost elderly looking parents’, how many family nuances he spotted as a young boy didn’t seem to add up and of the day a sudden emotional bombshell fell on him aged just 17, when his parents...

Building resilience To Stress Part 1, By Gill Tree, Founder of Adoption Academy Imagine some fresh playdoh straight out of the tub. The bright vibrant colour, fresh smelling, flexible, easy to stretch, malleable, fun to play with and full of possibility. That was me before adoption. Now get some old dried up playdoh, its dull, hard, rigid, un-responsive, has cracks and crumbles...

Coram Baaf Adoption Conference 2018 I am very honoured to be asked to speak at this prestigious and important event organised by: Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust, Supported by CoramBAAF tavistockandportman.nhs.uk coramadoption.org.uk Date: 2nd March Time: 9.30am – 4.30pm Becoming Ourselves: The Personal Experiences of Living in Care and Beyond. The event will host a range of distinguished speakers including Dr John...

Celebration of Achievement Ceremony Tate Britain 24th October 2017 As I walked to the beautiful Tate Britain I could see young people arriving and already the thick aroma of hope, joy and inspiration was welling up! This was going to be a comedy show for me like none other! Usually I jostle through swearing sweaty comedy clubs, but this was pure electric joy and a chance to celebrate life. I watched in explosive happiness as...

Andre Radmall special guest speaker: coaching and training for transformation and adoptee. Andre shared at our meeting about the challenging background to his own adoption. He told of his ‘older almost elderly looking parents’, how many family nuances he spotted as a young boy didn’t seem to add up and of the day a sudden emotional bombshell fell on him aged just 17, when his parents sat him and his brother down and told him they were...

Building resilience To Stress Part 1, By Gill Tree, Founder of Adoption Academy Imagine some fresh playdoh straight out of the tub. The bright vibrant colour, fresh smelling, flexible, easy to stretch, malleable, fun to play with and full of possibility. That was me before adoption. Now get some old dried up playdoh, its dull, hard, rigid, un-responsive, has cracks and crumbles easily……… I have taught stress management for over 20...

Happy New Year and greetings from Adoption Arena, 2017 plans to be the most challenging for everyone in the adoption and fostering world as we deal with government changes, Brexit and cuts to local authority grants. I am really excited to announce that Public Policy Exchange have invited Adoption Arena speaker/social worker Judith Craig Morency to talk at this prestigious and important event at Park Plaza on 1st February 2017. Judith...

Joy Carter: Firstly Happy New Year! Here we are in detox January, a time when many embark down the ‘New Year Resolution Road of diet detox’, but our resident nutrition specialist Sophie Murray advices against sudden choices of famine and explores better avenues… Sophie Murray: Hi again Having been on a few nutritional lectures recently my passion has had an even bigger boost. I am being asked quite a lot about one...

Should parents change Birthdays? – Changing the facts of adoption Changing a child’s birth date That’s the title of for a thread on a recent adoption forum site. Yes, you read correctly the subject of discussion on an adoption thread. The family in question had apparently adopted a boy who had been abandoned. So the actual date of when he was born is uncertain. They told us Jan 11 2002. We are considering changing...

I was adopted at birth so I think I am qualified to speak about the issues that arise from such a big event. As a psychotherapist I have also studied the importance of early life experiences particularly in relation to attachment issues. The attachment a baby makes with its mother in the womb and in the early stages of life literally shapes its brain. So therefore to be detached and separated at birth, as I was, is a deeply traumatic...

Hi, I have just read this online article called ‘Athena’s secret message’ and had to share it with you. As someone who has scrapped through the adoption system with the usual amounts of cuts and bruises that we all have, it is so easy to feel overwhelmed by the issue – ‘what is life about?’ Here is a young girl who sadly died of cancer whose parents found some unbelievable words written on the back of a...

It was a Tuesday afternoon in the summer. I was 17 and my mother had just died. My father sat my 15-year-old brother and me down and told us that we were ADOPTED. My brother was angry. I was. What was I? I was relieved. Not angry. Not sad. Yes surprised but mainly relieved. You see I never felt like I’d fitted into my family and now here was the explanation. I wasn’t going mad, there was a very good reason I never felt part of these...

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Andre Radmall is a psychotherapist, life coach and adoptee he shares his perceptions and expertise in this field. Andre writes from personal experience, as he not only knows the adoption, fostering and care lifestyle but how it can affect your quality of life. He is passionate to break down issues and communicate clear and precise solutions.